Gen Z and the Distraction Economy

#genz #videoessay

Everything wants to keep us distracted, you already know.
It’s like an addiction.
When social media tells you all of your goals in life should be fame and money, no wonder people fall into a deep cycle of perpetual distraction.

I hope you enjoyed this video, since it has a combined 6 hours of different lectures and sources condensed into one 30 minute video.

I also wanted to tackle “corn” but YouTube hated that and I already put so much time and effort into this video, I have decided to just post it like this, but in short:

Instagram models and the like thrive on attention and they will use extremely suggestive poses to distract you.
This basically high jacks the entire brain because as the thumbnail says, neuron gets activated and the only way to break out of the infinite pretty women cycle is to avoid the stimulus altogether.

[verygoodfreelancer]

advice from a 30+ year old animator: truth is, daydreaming is a fundamental part of how our brains work. It’s negative space for our thoughts. we aren’t computers or machines that are meant to operate at 100% efficiency at 100% of our waking hours. we naturally ebb and flow, we have slower days, and our brain needs to both dream and daydream.

[SwirlyCurlyy]

Actually the first thing I do is take a dump in the morning, then I get out of bed. This is the definitive ultimate CEO mindset.

[DaNielJ]

Something as simple as “Live your life according to your choices, instead of your vices” just unlocked some shit in my head, so thank you fr. Addiction is stupid as fuck, but it ain’t no joke. I wish you all luck in breaking any curses or cycles you may be goin through.

[kevinsongxin]

I multi tasked listening to this while working. I retained maybe 20% of the video. Back to the goon cave

[TwistedFuchsia]

I’m fighting addiction and temptation and the misery is crushing I’ve become so distant and dissociated. I will win this fight, I understand this spiritual warfare, no excuses cross my mind unchecked. Im a weak man with an undying will to overcome and gain control over my life. I must pull myself out of this layered simulation ive created for myself. God loves you

[DivineDivinium]

Um, actually, the first thing I do when I wake up is crack open a nutritious can of monster energy.

[ForestGoblinJo]

Thanks for reminding me I need to water my succulent

[CarlosMGomez-bbqi]

This video is very eye opening, thank you for posting this. I'll try to disconnect myself from this life of distractions and focus on achieving what really matters to me.

[legitLUmi]

I actually sat through a 30 min video without speeding it up or skipping, i even paused to read the little things you wrote over the pics, i needed this video, damn. Thank you so much!!

[iribiss]

This video helped me revaluate if my grande goal of becoming the worlds biggest gooner really serves future me a bigger purpose in the bigger scheme. Thanks.

[zutpa]

Hey man I really appreciate your videos. Thank you for sharing with us all the things we need to hear. I myself have been trying to stop with the addiction of social media and phone usage and just recently deleted all my social media apps. It is a tough battle for me to try and find myself and what I truly want to do with my life when all i’ve ever done is distract myself with devices. Again thank you and please continue to make videos, we really appreciate it.

[Sonic-gykq]

Around 5-7 minutes in and he video becomes a crash course in therapy. So many good points.

[haltes]

I'm too distracted to watch this video

[brandonlowe]

Thank you for giving me hope on my future!

[ryangross]

Man this channel deserves so many more views, and i feel like i comment that on every video you put out. Just so accurate and full of useful information, presented in a way that doesnt get old or boring. Your intro segments are always so funny and also so true.

[danyloy]

I love your channel, I would call you a philosopher, sometimes you dive so deep into a topic

[kuliobataluma]

Hey man I just want to say I subscribed because you’ve been making videos on constant thoughts that have been running through my mind these last 2 years at uni

[unscsupporter]

"If I think therefore I am, who are you if you don't think?" is such an insanely profound statement to be in a YouTube Video.

[thiago.mp]

I enjoyed it very much. I tried actively to not eat or work while i watched this video, little difficult but intresting.
Great video my friend

[plumpychicken]

it can help to fill day dreaming with goals for your future and planning out tasks or projects, if you fill your time with things to do day dreaming goes away.